glib-config: command not found

allendefall · 12-18-2004, 02:52 AM

I'm trying to install pyXMMS and am met with the following error:

sh: line 1: glib-config: command not found
glib-config returned a non-zero exit status. Aborting.

i have already upgraded glib-devel, but it still cannot find glib-config command for whatever reason.
a frebruary post of toships addressed this, but it didn't help me

, not sure how to proceed.

thank you kindly for any help.

acid_kewpie · 12-18-2004, 05:15 AM

does running "glib-config" work, or is it not found?
try "locate glib-config" (might want to updatedb beforehand)
check "rpm -qa | grep glib" and ensure that glib-devel is in there. note that this is for glib version 1, not glib version 2. the newer versions will use the pkg-config mechanism for finding libraries, and not depending on indivudal scripts like this, so you need to be using a 1.x release (in addition to a 2.x)

allendefall · 12-18-2004, 02:31 PM

this is what i have in terms of gllibs, updated right before i tried installation:
dbus-glib-0.20-4.1
glibc-common-2.3.3-27.1
glibc-headers-2.3.3-27.1
glib2-2.4.8-1.fc2
glibc-2.3.3-27.1
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.44
glibc-devel-2.3.3-27.1
glib-1.2.10-12.1.1

when i enter glib-config, returned is:
bash: glib-config: command not found

thanks for your help.

acid_kewpie · 12-19-2004, 04:56 PM

you said you'd upgraded glib-devel yet it's not in that list at all...

acid_kewpie · 12-19-2004, 04:57 PM

oh and note that glib (essentially a gnome library) is so so so far detached from glibc (core base level C library routines).

allendefall · 12-19-2004, 08:01 PM

ok, schoolboy mistake.
so i tried to actually install glib-devel-1.2.10, and i got a failed dependency for glib-1.2.10 (which does appear on that list). i eventually used yum to install it successfully, but not sure why this error came up in the first place.

thanks kindly for your time.

acid_kewpie · 12-20-2004, 07:36 AM

well technically glib-1.2.10 is NOT in that list... as the package name was appended at that base level. this is one reason why RPM's suck... the name of the package can be so arbitrary, yet prevent it being installed.

allendefall · 12-24-2004, 08:26 PM

thanks for all the help chris.
happy holidays.

/joseph

95se · 12-25-2004, 12:23 AM

Hey, I do not believe glib 1.2.* came with the glib-config, try getting a new version, i.e. 2.0.0+, it is perfectly fine (in fact recommended) to have both glib 1.2.x and glib.2.x.x on your comp (some older programs may rely on 1.x.x). After install 2.0.0 you should have the glib-config script.